For Canada Day, we"re peering up at "Passage migratoire" ("Migratory Passage"), an art installation of hanging woven canoes in Old Québec City. It was part of the 2016 edition of Passages Insolites (Unusual Passages), an annual public art exhibition in the historic Petit-Champlain and Saint-Roch districts of the city. The canoe has long been associated with Canada"s national history, linked with early explorers, fur traders, Indigenous peoples, and colonists who ventured out into the wilderness of the great north. The artist behind this installation, Giorgia Volpe, was inspired by "the idea of migration and its influence on the formation of our society and our territory." Canada welcomes on average about 200,000 immigrants each year, many of whom will become Canadian citizens. The migrations continue…
Celebrating migrations
Today in History
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Alaska moose
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Chocolate Hills
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Bringing the moon to Earth
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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Halfway Day
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Let the games begin
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Pride 2022
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Pups of the prairie
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Space-age style by the sea
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Bobbio, Italy
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A tree of many memories
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Just a couple of yellow-billed hornbills
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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The birthplace of Cinco de Mayo
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Happy Fathers Day!
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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A day for the oceans
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Ministry of Fun Santa School
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Don’t look down
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Across the great plains of Africa
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Rocky mountain pi
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Thomas Edison s bright idea